A high resolution ultrawideband wall penetrating radar

A high resolution ultra wideband radar prototype is developed for through the wall imaging. The frequency range of operation of the radar is selected to be 1.85 to 6 GHz in order to have high spatial resolution. Besides the hardware, we have also developed a custom image processing software which attacks the problem of false target recognition and rejection. In this paper, we present our prototype along with various experimental results such as detecting stationary targets and detecting respiratory activity of a human behind a 23 cm thick brick wall

Radar Imaging with a Network of Digital Noise Radar Systems

Today\u27s battlefield consists of a blend of humans and machines working together to locate and monitor the enemy. Due to the threat of terrorism, today\u27s enemy can be anyone and they can exist anywhere even in populated cities. Monitoring human activities in an urban environment is a difficult problem due to walls, clutter, and other obstructions. This thesis focused on developing a network of digital noise radar sensors that could operate simultaneously to track humans and non-human targets inside rooms and through walls. The theory, application, and results are discussed throughout this thesis. A noise radar works by cross correlating the received signal with a time delayed replica of the transmit signal. A high correlation indicates a target. A digital noise radar digitizes the transmit and receive signals and accomplishes the correlation in software. A network of three digital noise radars was constructed to triangulate the (x, y) position of a target within a room. The results were presented in two-dimensional graphs. In nine out of ten cases the stationary targets were clearly identified. In eight out of ten cases the stationary targets were located within the range solution of the system, 0.375 m. In the one miss case, the results image indicated the presence of the human target, but the detection was faint and possible to miss. Tests were also accomplished with moving human targets. In these tests the network of radar systems tracked the human target in an empty and cluttered room until the target was out of range. The test results prove that a network of simultaneously operating noise radars can locate and track human and non-human targets within rooms

UWB Technology

Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology has attracted increasing interest and there is a growing demand for UWB for several applications and scenarios. The unlicensed use of the UWB spectrum has been regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) since the early 2000s. The main concern in designing UWB circuits is to consider the assigned bandwidth and the low power permitted for transmission. This makes UWB circuit design a challenging mission in today's community. Various circuit designs and system implementations are published in this book to give the reader a glimpse of the state-of-the-art examples in this field. The book starts at the circuit level design of major UWB elements such as filters, antennas, and amplifiers; and ends with the complete system implementation using such modules

Design and analysis of a low noise amplifier for ultra-wide band

En el presente estudio, se realiza un amplificador de bajo ruido para la tecnología Ultra- Wide Band (UWB) con líneas de transmisión y componentes discretos. El amplificador y sus componentes son examinados y simulados. El amplificador de bajo ruido es el primer componente y la clave en el receptor y éste es uno de los principales obstáculos en varios estándares de comunicación. El amplificador de bajo ruido es una parte independiente y se requiere que proporcione un consumo de corriente muy bajo, una baja distorsión de la señal y una ganancia muy alta. El primer y más importante paso en el diseño del amplificador de bajo ruido es la elección del transistor. La tecnología GaAs pHEMT es la elegida para el diseño del amplificador de bajo ruido a nivel del transistor. Un figura de ruido alrededor de 1,2 dB se logra para asegurar que la contribución de ruido del amplificador es tan baja como sea posible y una ganancia de alrededor de 13 dB. El programa ADS de Agilent ha sido utilizado para simular el esquema y la herramienta Momentum para optimizar el layout del diseño. Una vez se consigue tener el layout optimizado se procesa la PCB y se realizan las medidas experimentales pertinentes. El PFC se lleva a cabo bajo una beca Erasmus en la Universidad de Stuttgart (Alemania) en el “Institut für Elektrische und Optische Nachrichtentechnik”. ______________________In the present study, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) for Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) with transmission lines and discrete components is built. These existing LNA components are examined and simulated. The Low Noise Amplifier is the first and a key component in the receiver and this is one of the main obstacles for various communication standards. The Low Noise Amplifier as a stand-alone product is required to provide a very low current consumption, low signal distortion and high signal voltage gain transfer. The first and most important step in a Low Noise Amplifier design is the transistor selection. GaAs pHEMT technology has been chosen for the design of the LNA at the transistor level. A noise figure around 1.2 dB is achieved to make sure noise contribution of the amplifier is as low as possible and a gain around 13 dB. ADS Agilent program has been used to simulate the schematic and Momentum tool of ADS Agilent has been used to layout it. The PFC is carried out under Erasmus student at the University of Stuttgart (Germany) in the “Institut für Elektrische und Optische Nachrichtentechnik".Ingeniería de Telecomunicació

Analysis and implementation of low fidelity radar-based remote sensing for unmanned aircraft systems

Radar-based remote sensing is consistently growing, and new technologies and subsequent techniques for characterization are changing the feasibility of understanding the environment. The emergence of easily accessible unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has broadened the scope of possibilities for efficiently surveying the world. The continued development of low-cost sensing systems has greatly increased the accessibility to characterize physical phenomena. In this thesis, we explore the viability and implementation of using UAS as a means of radar-based remote sensing for ground penetrating radar (GPR) and polarimetric scatterometry. Additionally, in this thesis, we investigate the capabilities and implementations of low-cost microwave technologies for applications in radar-based remote sensing compared to higher fidelity and more expensive technologies of similar scope

Ultra-Wideband CMOS Transceiver Front-End for Bio-Medical Radar Sensing

Since the Federal Communication Commission released the unlicensed 3.1-10.6 GHz frequency band for commercial use in early 2002, the ultra wideband (UWB) has developed from an emerging technology into a mainstream research area. The UWB technology, which utilizes wide spectrum, opens a new era of possibility for practical applications in radar sensing, one of which is the human vital sign monitoring. The aim of this thesis is to study and research the possibility of a new generation humanrespiration monitoring sensor using UWB radar technology and to develop a new prototype of UWB radar sensor for system-on-chip solutions in CMOS technology. In this thesis, a lowpower Gaussian impulse UWB mono-static radar transceiver architecture is presented. The UWB Gaussian pulse transmitter and receiver are implemented and fabricated using 90nm CMOS technology. Since the energy of low order Gaussian pulse is mostly condensed at lower frequency, in order to transmit the pulse in a very efficient way, higher order Gaussian derivative pulses are desired as the baseband signal. This motivates the advancement of the design into UWB high-order pulse transmitter. Both the Gaussian impulse UWB transmitter and Gaussian higher-order impulse UWB transmitter take the low-power and high-speed advantage of digital circuit to generate different waveforms. The measurement results are analyzed and discussed. This thesis also presents a low-power UWB mono-static radar transceiver architecture exploiting the full benefit of UWB bandwidth in radar sensing applications. The transceiver includes a full UWB band transmitter, an UWB receiver front-end, and an on-chip diplexer. The non-coherent UWB transmitter generates pulse modulated baseband signals at different carrier frequencies within the designated 3-10 GHz band using a digitally controlled pulse generator. The test shows the proposed radar transceiver can detect the human respiration pattern within 50 cm distance. The applications of this UWB radar sensing solution in commercialized standard CMOS technology include constant breathing pattern monitoring for gated radiation therapy, realtime monitoring of patients, and any other breathing monitoring. The research paves the way to wireless technology integration with health care and bio-sensor network

Development of microwave and millimeter-wave integrated-circuit stepped-frequency radar sensors for surface and subsurface profiling

Two new stepped-frequency continuous wave (SFCW) radar sensor prototypes, based on a coherent super-heterodyne scheme, have been developed using Microwave Integrated Circuits (MICs) and Monolithic Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits (MMICs) for various surface and subsurface applications, such as profiling the surface and subsurface of pavements, detecting and localizing small buried Anti-Personnel (AP) mines and measuring the liquid level in a tank. These sensors meet the critical requirements for subsurface and surface measurements including small size, light weight, good accuracy, fine resolution and deep penetration. In addition, two novel wideband microstrip quasi-TEM horn antennae that are capable of integration with a seamless connection have also been designed. Finally, a simple signal processing algorithm, aimed to acquire the in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) components and to compensate for the I/Q errors, was developed using LabView. The first of the two prototype sensors, named as the microwave SFCW radar sensor operating from 0.6-5.6-GHz, is primarily utilized for assessing the subsurface of pavements. The measured thicknesses of the asphalt and base layers of a pavement sample were very much in agreement with the actual data with less than 0.1-inch error. The measured results on the actual roads showed that the sensor accurately detects the 5-inch asphalt layer of the pavement with a minimal error of 0.25 inches. This sensor represents the first SFCW radar sensor operating from 0.6-5.6-GHz. The other sensor, named as the millimeter-wave SFCW radar sensor, operates in the 29.72-35.7-GHz range. Measurements were performed to verify its feasibility as a surface and sub-surface sensor. The measurement results showed that the sensor has a lateral resolution of 1 inch and a good accuracy in the vertical direction with less than  0.04-inch error. The sensor successfully detected and located AP mines of small sizes buried under the surface of sand with less than 0.75 and 0.08 inches of error in the lateral and vertical directions, respectively. In addition, it also verified that the vertical resolution is not greater than 0.75 inches. This sensor is claimed as the first Ka-band millimeter-wave SFCW radar sensor ever developed for surface and subsurface sensing applications

Information Encoding on a Pseudo Random Noise Radar Waveform

Navigation requires knowledge of current location and a planned destination. This is true with manned vehicles and unmanned vehicles. There are many ways to acquire the current location, including global positioning system (GPS), triangulation, radar, and dead reckoning. Today GPS is the most reliable and accurate navigation technique when there is a clear, unobstructed view of the satellite constellation. Various sensors can be used to perform indoor navigation; however, when the vehicle is autonomous the sensors need to provide the exact location to the system. This research determined if using a template replay strategy has the same RNR performance as using an analog noise source. Using the template replay approach, each RNR node has a priori knowledge about the transmitted waveforms of other nodes. The analysis here revealed that modifications do not significantly alter RNR functionality. The analysis revealed that even at SNIR equal to 0 dB, there are no parameters that can be reliably extracted other than transmitted signal bandwidth and transmitted template length; the transmitted message length was able to be extracted because the message was repeated over and over. If the message was not replayed the analysis showed that there would be no ability to extract parameters. Finally, by using the RNR to transmit digitally generated templates, digital communication is possible and the symbol error rate (SER) is traceable to simulated SER

Current reuse topology in UWB CMOS LNA

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